Trick snuff-box.



T. HUMMEL.

THICK SNUFF BOX. APPLICATION FILED APR.2,1910.

QYQAQQ., Patented De@ 2'?, 19m.

UNTTED STATES PATENT onirica.

THEODORE HUMMEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD T0 ERNST E. L. MONTELIUS AND ONE-THIRD TO JOHN B. PAULSON, BOTH 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

TRICK SNUFF-B QX.

Specification' of Letters Patent.

Patenteii'ijec. 27, 1910.

Application filed April 2, 1.910. Serial No. 553,162.

To all whom 'it may concern:

lie. it known that-l. l`iii;ononii lli'iiimi..

ot the, borough ot' Manhattan. city and State.

u l I n u l! is alsotui'nished with an additional cell or.

compartment liavino a` bottoni surface whose texture simulates t'lie aforesaid material in its appearance and appeal to t-lie touch.

ln the, accom'panyingr drawing, Figure 1` is a plan view of a snuit' box embodying the features of in v. present improvements, part beiner broken away to indicate the appearance of 'the bottom of the uppermost conipartnient upon tie removal ot' its cover. Fig. ispartlv an elevation. partly a longitudinal-seetion ot' the snuit' box. i

Similar characters ot' reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

'l`he pocket utensil chosen forthe illustration ot the invention consists of a box or receptacle lor snuit'. 'lhis box obviously may be, ot anv desired size and form adapted to the purpose for which it is intended. It is here shown of a tlattened'cylindrical form, the. box being designated b v An essential feature of the invention embraces the provision ot'an article such as aforesaid with two cells or compartments, one for snulll and the other` presenting a snutlsiiiiulat ing bottoni surface. Preferably these two compartments are provided' with closure-1 in a manner such that the two compartinents are indistinguishablo from each other.

In thel t'oiin illustrated, box 2 is provided with a cross partition or diaphragm 3 intermediate its two ends each of which latter is fitted with a closure at. These closures are not, in general, indicative of the particular compartments which they serve to close. That is to say closure -l ot' compartment 5 holding` snuit' 5 (the. closure having a withdrawing tab or loop (i) is. similar to closure -l' and its withdrawinp,r loop (S ot' compartment 7.

I have found that in those instances in which it is desired to simulate snuff, the exposed ends of closely associated camels-hair ,tbers,- herein collcetivelv called brush, an-

swers the purpose as regards appearance and feeling. The back of this brush 9 is secured within compartment in a manner suchy that the ends ofthe closely compacted brush hairs are exposed on the removal of the closure of the compartment. Having described my invention7 I claim: 1. In a snuti' box. the combination of a par'tition dividing the interior of said'box..v

into two .eonipartinents, removable closures partment and simulating the appearance and feeling of snutl".

In testimony whereof I have'signed this specification in the presence of two siibscrib' ing witnesses.

` THEODORE HUMMEL.

lVi tnesses THOMAS F. MoEN, Cani. Ti-iaLER. 

